On an official road overgrown with weeds, there was a group of men and horses, this group of men and horses was a little peculiar, they were both sergeants wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets, and civilians wearing folk costumes. These sergeants were full of energy, and although they were draped all over their bodies, they walked in a neat and orderly manner.

Pang Gang rode his red war horse and walked in front of the team with Kong Lin, the seven men brought by Kong Lin walked in the middle, and the sergeants of Wanghai Fort formed a protective posture one after the other.

Kong Lin sat on the back of the horse and looked around, and saw that the seven or eight guys with red goods on their backs were all surrounded by sergeants, and he felt an unprecedented sense of security in his heart, he let out a long sigh, and said to Pang Gang beside him: "My lord, the grass people have been out for more than half a month this time, and it is the first time that they don't have to worry about the lives of the grass people, and it is thanks to the adults." ”

Pang Gang laughed heartily: "Don't worry, Kong Shaodong, this is still the realm of Lingshanwei, you don't have to worry about safety, the gangsters here have been eliminated by the officers and soldiers." ”

Pang Gang's words are not exaggerated, after the battle of Wangjiatun and Inuya Mountain, the two largest bandits near Lingshanwei have been defeated, and the nearby bandits have become frightened birds, and they have fled elsewhere. Although the current Lingshanwei does not dare to call it a road that does not leave no stone and does not close the door at night, the security is indeed much better than before.

At Kong Lin's request, and also for the sake of money, Pang Gang urgently mobilized one hundred and twenty sergeants to escort Kong Lin back to Yangzhou this time, and there were also one hundred young men who passed with the sergeants, and their task was to deliver food when they returned.

Although Kong Lin didn't know what follow-up methods the Sun family in Yangzhou had to deal with him, he was sure that at least no one would be able to do anything to him until he returned to Yangzhou.

As if feeling the ease in Kong Lin's heart, Pang Gang glanced at Kong Lin and asked with a smile: "Kong Shao, I don't know if you have ever thought about doing some other industries after returning to Yangzhou this time. ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Hearing Pang Gang say this, Kong Lin also vomited bitterness, "As the saying goes, the gold of the antique and troubled times in the prosperous era, now this year, there are Tartars in Liaodong, and there are rogues in it, and many people can't even eat enough, how can they have spare money to buy jewelry." If it weren't for Jubao Zhai, it was an industry left by his ancestors, and the grass people would have closed him down long ago. ”

"Hmm!" Pang Gang thought for a while and said: "Kong Shaodong, you don't need to close Jubao Zhai, but you have to learn to walk on two legs, for example, you can start trying to do a grain business." ”

"What do you mean by letting the villain be a grain merchant?" Kong Lin asked with some confusion.

Pang Gang bowed slightly: "Yes, in recent years, due to wars, the price of grain has increased year by year, let's just say that in the first year of Chongzhen, a stone of grain could not be sold for a tael of silver, but now?" You have to snicker if you can buy two taels of silver, so whoever has food in your hand now is the master. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Kong Lin slapped his ass quietly, and then asked in a casual tone: "My lord, yesterday the grass people saw that there were constantly homeless people flocking there in Wanghai Fort, your food must be very tight, right?" ”

After hearing this, Pang Gang glanced at Kong Lin deeply and admitted calmly: "Yes, although Wanghai Fort only harvested a few thousand stone of grain last month, there are now nearly 6,000 displaced people in Wanghai Fort, since they have entered the military registration of my Wanghai Fort, they are also the people of this official, and this official can't watch them starve." ”

"Your Excellency is a merciful man!" Kong Lin patted his ass, but his heart turned quickly. There are no more than two reasons why this hundred-hundred-household adult has collected so many streams and wasted food and people without complaints: one is that he is a real benevolent man with lofty ideals who worries about the country and the people, and the other is that this Pang Baihu is not small and has great ambitions.

However, according to Kong Lin's judgment, the latter may have a larger surname, as for the first case, hehe, such a fool was either starved to death or killed by someone these years.

Thinking of this, Kong Lin asked tentatively: "My lord, you let the grass people change their careers to the grain business, do you want the villain to help you buy grain and grass in Yangzhou?" ”

"No!" Pang Gang shook his head, "The grain and grass problem is only temporary, and I believe that as long as we wait until the spring ploughing to complete the reclamation of tens of thousands of acres of wasteland around Wanghai Fort, then the official will no longer have to worry about grain and grass." Now there are only two things that the rulers lack, one is silver, and the other is people. Without the silver, the workshops and farms could not be built, and without the land around the castle could only be abandoned. If you can't grow food, you can't make political achievements, and if you don't have political achievements, you can't be promoted, do you understand? ”

"Hiss" Kong Lin only felt a toothache when he heard Pang Gang's words, direct, too direct, Kong Lin didn't have a lot of dealings with officials, but who of those officials who always put "Zhihu also" on their lips dare to say to people so nakedly, "I want to be promoted!" I want silver! ”

But he dared to do so, he said so. This made Kong Lin surprised but also had to admire his straightforwardness.

Shaking his head a little dizzy, Kong Lin said, "Then what does the grass people have to do with you doing this grain business?" ”

Pang Gang rubbed his teeth helplessly, and said in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel: "You, your brain is really not open." Our Qingzhou Mansion has always not had too many people, and you Yangzhou is just the opposite, there are few people in the land, what you have to do after you go back is to help the official collect the displaced people and move them all to Wanghai Fort.

As long as there are enough manpower, the official can continue to expand the area of land reclamation next year, and when the autumn harvest comes, will there be less grain? When the time comes, you only need to sell the grain from the official to all places, and won't the silver flow into your pocket in a big way? ”

"The grass people get it!" Kong Lin can be the young owner of Jubao Zhai, naturally he is not stupid, the meaning of Pang Gang's words is already obvious, that is, let the current Kong Linzi spend money in Wanghai Fort, and Wanghai Fort will use the grain harvested next autumn as a reward for him to operate, thinking of this, Kong Lin was silent.

Looking at Kong Lin, who was pondering, Pang Gang did not show an anxious look, at least on the surface.

Fooling the money in the pocket of Kong Lin, a rich man, to Wanghai Fort is a problem that Pang Gang has been thinking about in the past two days. It is an iron fact that Wanghaibao wants to continue to develop and expand without silver, and with the development of Wanghaibao, there are more and more places that need silver, and when the cement factory and mine in Wanghaibao do not really generate profits, Wanghaibao has to need a steady stream of blood transfusion from the outside world.

Now that I finally ran into a gentleman from Yangzhou, how could Pang Gang let it go? However, although this big money is not very old, he is also calm, Pang Gang has tried several times openly and secretly, Kong Lin still did not make a clear statement, but Pang Gang is not in a hurry, there are still seven or eight days to go, and he can slowly spend it with him.

Thinking of this, Pang Gang cheered up, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the red war horse flew forward with a neigh

I'm sorry.,Ah Ding repeated the chapter.,Now it's changed back.,I'm sorry.;